Abstract
Treatment for insomnia with melatonin (MT) in children and adolescents aged 0-17 years has doubled since 2011. The efficacy and safety profile for MT in children has not been determined. Recent clinical trials indicate, that MT only has a clinical effect on sleep latency, not on total sleep time. Furthermore, it has emerged, that proper sleep hygiene can cure the sleep problem in 50% of the children. Typically, the safety evaluation only entails an unclassified report of adverse events. Two long-term studies investigate and dispel the potential influence of MT on puberty.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Melatonin for children with insomnia |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | V08170628 |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 180 |
Udgave nummer | 19 |
Antal sider | 6 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
Emneord
- Adolescent
- Central Nervous System Depressants/administration & dosage
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Melatonin/administration & dosage
- Puberty/drug effects
- Sleep/drug effects
- Sleep Hygiene
- Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/drug therapy
- Sleep Latency/drug effects
- Sleep Wake Disorders/drug therapy